On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:09:44 +0100
Stephen Watson <stephen@...> wrote:
> Abrolag <abrolag@...> wrote:
>
> > This has been a bit flaky for a while now producing 'Insertion Error' when
> > trying to open CDs but nevertheless succeeding eventually, and as I don't
> have
> > much use for CDs these days I've not bothered with it.
> >
> > However, with the latest version of debian testing it has failed
> completely.
> > (This is on the computer at work - I haven't done the latest upgrade at
> home)
> >
> > Also, I can't file a bug report because the error 'save' dialogue doesn't
> work
> > either!
> >
> > Looking at the on-screen report there is something about HAL and udev not
> > getting a reply in time.
> >
> > As a temporary measure I can get round this using pmount and pumount but I
> > really would like a solution that plays nice with ROX. If I use pmount to
> > access a USB stick I can't then unmount via the ROX dialogue .
> >
> > I know there hasn't been any development for a long time now, but I'd be
> very
> > grateful if someone could have a look at this.
>
> If you want the risk, try
>
> http://kerofin.demon.co.uk/~stephen/snapshots/DiskMan.tar.gz
>
> which is the replacement I'm using. It's a little rough around the edges
> but mostly works.
>
A bit more info.
With DevTray it seems that dbus is timing out when trying to talk to HAL, which
it never did before the latest debian upgrade.
I tried DiskMan here at home first and it seemed OK, but on the works computer
I get a permissions failure when it tries to mount the USB drive. I have no idea
how that could come about! If I run it from a root task window it works OK.
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